The legendary "pink slip" - which must be given by an employer to every departing employee, even those who voluntarily quit - is neither pink nor is it a slip. It's actually an 8-page employee separation package. Page 1 is the "slip" while pages 2-8 is information for the departing employee. Employers would be wise to fill it out and give it to every employee who leaves your firm.

Regulators Say Construction Industry Abuse of Workers 'Pervasive' In CT, RI - Hartford Courant (11-30-11); HBRA's position: the law should be followed by all contractors, and given there are literally tens of thousands of contractors in CT (commercial, new home and home improvement), the vast majority of which do follow the law, the "pervasive" characterization is unfortunate regulator and media hyperbole.

CT Dept Revenue Services - 2011 Withholding Rules & Tables - As part of the two-year, $40.1 billion state budget, employers must start on August 1, 2011, withholding a full 12 months of taxes in the remaining five months of the calendar year because the increased income taxes proposed by the Governor and adopted by the CT legislature are retroactive to January 1, 2011.

Check with your labor counsel for any updates to laws and regulations.